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Patented Aug. 9, |898. E. G. NUTTING.

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(Application tiled June 26, 1896.)

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TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent NO. 608,898,`dated .August9, 1898. Application lcd Tune 26, 1896. Serial No. 597,014.A (No model.)

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lc it known that I, ELIJAH Gr. NUTTING, of Faribault, Rice county,Minnesota, have invented certain Improvements in Trucks, of which thefollowing is a speciication.

My invention relates to improvements in trucks; and it consists in thefeatures of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figurelis a side elevation of my improved truck, showing the removable handlebar and standards and the1 method of attachment of the casters thereto.Fig. 2 is a bottom'plan view of the saine. Fig. 3 is a detail bottomplan view of one of the corners, showing the handle-standard socket.Fig. 4 is a sectional detail of said socket. Fig. 5 is a detailelevation of one of the casters fitted to the cross-bar of truck. Fig. Gis a sectional detail of the same. Fig. 7 is a sectional detail of amodified form of caster spindle or stem. Fig. 8 is a sectional detail ofthe handle, showing the top of one standard secured therein; and Fig. 9is a detail cross-section of a modified form of truck,

showing the casters connected to the outside of the cross-beam.

In the drawings the bodyA of the truck is made up of the platform 2, theside rails 3, and the end rails 4. The rails are secured together bymeans of corner-irons B and C, one wing 5 being secured to the end rail4 by means of bolts 7, and the other wing 8 having a vertical rib 9 setinto a corresponding channel in the outer face of the rail 3, the wholebeing bound together by tierods l0, passing through the siderails andthe wings 8 of the corner-irons.

The corner-irons B are formed with standard-sockets 11, preferablycylindrical in form, slightly cored out between the top and bottom, asshown best in Fig. 4, and provided with set-screws 12 for securingtherein the tubular standards 13, the topsA of which are slightly bentoutward, as shown in Fig. 1, and have screw-threaded tips 14 to entercorre spending sockets in the hand-rail 15, the rail beingstrengthenedby means of rivets 16, passing through the ends beyond thestandards.

The carrying-wheols 17 are fitted upon the axle 18, the ends of whichare arranged in bearings 19 on the `under edge of the rails 3, thewheels being zsecured in place by means of collars 20,iixed on the axleby set-screws 21.

Casters D are fitted to the truck in the following manner: Asupplementary rail 22 is set between and` abuts against the rails 3 at aconvenient distance from the front end of the truck, as shown in Figs. 1and 2. A bar 23 is then laid thereon to overlap 'both the rails3 and therail 22, as shown, and is secured to the rails 3 by bolts 24, the barbeing also provided with the longitudinal channel 25 on its under side.The casters D are made up of the fork 45, the wheel 26, journaledbetween the same, the shoulder 27, having an annulargroovev 2S,substantially semicircular in cross-section. The spindle 29 is providedwith a screw-threaded axial bolt 30, the end 31 of which bears againstthe under side of the fork vand the tip of which is screwthreaded toreceive the nut 32, which bears upon the washer 33`and serves to holdthe spindle in place in the socket 34.

In some cases I prefer to cast into the spindle a bolt 35 to receive thenut 32. (See Fig. 7.) The socket 34 is formed with a round flange 36 atits lower end, fitted to the annu lar groove 28.

Formed integral with the socket are the wings 37 and 38, the wing 37having arib 39, which is slidably adjustable in the channel 25, by meansof which the caster may be inset from the platform any desired distanceand is there secured by means of the lagscrews 40, entering the bar 23,the other wing being secured, by means of bolts 41, to the rail 22, therail being preferably provided with sockets or grooves 42 to receive theinwardlyprojecting part of the socket` 34, as shownv best in Fig. 6.

If it is desired to have the casters set outside the side rails of thetruck, I modify the construction, as shown in Fig. 9, dispensing withthe supplementary rail 22 and providing the bar 23 with transversechannels 43, the casters being secured thereon, with the rib 39 engagingthis groove and the web 38 bolted to the side rail 3. l

It will thus be seen that the standards, han dle-bar, carrying-wheels,and casters `may be all readily and quickly detached from the body ofthe truck and crated or otherwise IOO packed for convenient shipment andalso that the casters may be adjusted in their position to and from theside rails and the height of the handle-bar varied'at will by merely adjusting the position of the standards in their sockets and securing themby their set-screws.

I claim- 1. A knockdown truck of the class described, made up of theplatform, the removable axle, the detachable, inset carryingwlieelsadjustable thereon, the intermediate rail upon the bottom of theplatform, the casters detacliably secured thereto, the eornerirons uponsaid platform having cylindrical, open-end sockets, the tubularstandards removably and adjustably fitted to said sockets,and thehand-roll screw-threaded upon the tops of said standards.

2. In a truck of the class described, the combination with the platform,of the intermediate rail on the under side thereof, and thecaster-bracket and caster adj ustably secured thereto by means ofsecuring-bolts, and a rib upon said bracket engaging a groove in saidrail extending in the line of adjustment.

3. In a truck of the class described, the combination with its platformand sills of the transverse rail secured to said sills, and the castersnear the ends of the rail and secured thereto by means of wings boltedto the under side of the rail, whereby strains upon the described, ofthe handle-bar, the standards casters are sustained by both the sills.

4. In a truck of the class described, the combination with the platform,of the inset, adjustable carrying-wheels, the rail underneath saidplatform having a longitudinal `groove, and the inset casters havingangleiroii brackets secured upon said rail, and provided with ribsengaging said groove.

5. In a truck of the class described, the combination with the platform,of the inset carrying-wheels adjacent the side rails, the intermediateor inset cross-bar, the angleiron bracket-s and their casters, fitted tosaid cross-bar, and the engaging means between said brackets and crossbar, consisting of projections upon one entering correspondingdepressions in the other.

6. In a truck of the class described, the combination with its platform,of the angleirons secured to the corners thereof, and having ribsengaging channels in said frame, and formed with open-end cylindricalsockets, the securing-bolts and tie-rods, the tubular standards ad justably and removably secured in said sockets, and the handle-barscrew-threaded upon the tops of said standards.

7 The combination with the truck, of the cross-bar upon the under sidethereof, the channel in the under face of said cross-bar,

`the angle-iron fitted to said cross-bar, and

having a rib engaging said channel, the securing-bolts, the conicalsocket formed integral with said angle-iron, the caster fitting in saidsocket, its axial bolt, and the nut threaded upon the end of said bolt.

S. The combination with the truck and the transverse bar secured to thebottom of the rails thereof, of the angle-iron caster-socket securedupon said cross-bar and rail, the rib `upon one part of said angle-barengaging a channel in said cross-bar, permitting adjustment of saidangle-iron along said channel,

' and the caster fitted to said socket.

9. A truck-easter, comprising in combination the conical socket, theright-angled win gs formed integral therewith, the rib upon one of saidWings adapted to engage a channel in the frame to which it is attached,the conical spindle fitted to said socket, and having an annular groovet0 receive the lower end of the socket, the axial bolt arranged in saidspindle, and the means secured to the projecting end of the bolt tosecure the spindle in the socket.

l0. The combination with a truck of the class screw-threaded therein,the open-end sockets to receive said standards, said sockets beingchambered or cored out intermediate of their ends, and the set-screwsfor adjustably andremovably securing the standards therein.

1I. A knockdown truck comprising in combination the platform, thedetachable axle, the carryiiig-wheels removably mounted thereon, theintermediate or inset rail upon the bottom of the platform, the castersdetachably secured thereto, the sockets upon the edge of the platform,the standards adjustably and removably secured therein, and thehand-rail detachably secured upon the tops of said standards.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELiJAi-i' e. NUTTING.

lVitnesses:

R. A. Mori, ALICE J. Mo'li.

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